Rádio Moçambique

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Rádio Moçambique (RM) is Mozambique's state radio broadcaster . Established in 1975, the radio broadcasts across the entire area of ​​the Southeast African state via various channels and is based in the capital, Maputo .

history

The station is located at 2 Rua da Rádio, Maputo

After Mozambique gained independence in 1975, the FRELIMO government nationalized all private radio stations, among other things. From the stations Rádio Clube de Moçambique , Voz de Moçambique , Emissora do Aero Clube da Beira and Rádio PAX , the government created the state company "Rádio Moçambique" on October 2, 1975. In 1994 the corporate form changed from “empresa do Estado” (state company) to “empresa pública” (public company). Since 2002, after the last mast was installed in the province of Gaza, the radio has been the only one in Mozambique to broadcast in the entire country.

Broadcasting is financed through its own tax, the “taxa de radiodifusão” (broadcasting tax). Of all the state-owned companies, RM received the greatest support. In 2006 this was 123 million Meticais, which rose steadily in the following years: 139 million (2007), 151 million (2008), 173 million (2009), 198 million (2010).

Since the company was founded, the radio has been located in the building of the same name at Rua da Rádio 2 in the center of Maputo .

Offer and dissemination

The most famous channel of Rádio Moçambique bears the same name, it is also occasionally called "Antena Nacional" (National Antenna) and is broadcast throughout Mozambique. The standard language is Portuguese , the only national official language . There are also other stations in all provinces that broadcast in the respective local languages. In the capital, Maputo, there are also the stations Rádio Cidade (entertainment), RM Desporto (sports) and Maputo Corridor Radio (English-speaking station). All stations can also be heard on the Internet as a live stream transmission.

The slogan of the radio is, based on the abbreviation RM, "Do Rovuma a Maputo" (German: "From Rovuma to Maputo") and at the same time names the two border rivers in the north and south of Mozambique, Rovuma and Maputo .

criticism

Although Mozambique's new constitution, passed in 1990, provides for freedom of expression and freedom of the press and the state media bodies are obliged to adhere to a rule of neutrality, they, especially Rádio Moçambique, are accused of reporting disproportionately much and positively about the policy of FRELIMO, which has been in power since 1975 . It is also criticized that demonstrations and riots that are not in the interests of the ruling party are not mentioned.

During the 2009 election campaign, when the station's bias became particularly evident, the well-known Mozambican journalist Machado da Graça named the state broadcaster “Rádio Frelimo ”. At the end of 2013, the Council of Ministers deposed the chairman of the Rádio Moçambique supervisory board because he was not loyal enough to the ruling party.

Well-known radio presenters

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Conheça a Rádio Moçambique. Retrieved September 10, 2014 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Rádio Moçambique passa a cobrir todo o país. In: Público. May 24, 2002, accessed September 10, 2014 (Portuguese).
  3. ^ Sérgio Chichava and Jonas Pohlmann: Uma breve análise da imprensa moçambicana. (PDF) In: Desafios para Moçambique. 2010, p. 130 , accessed September 10, 2014 (Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Subsídio do Estado às empresas públicas subiu 17.1% em 2010. In: O País. May 1, 2012, accessed September 10, 2014 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Novo serviço de rádio online gratuito em Moçambique. In: Moçambique para todos. February 25, 2014, accessed September 10, 2014 (Portuguese).
  6. ^ “O governo eo partido Frelimo continuam a influenciar o poder judicial”. In: O País. May 31, 2012, accessed on September 10, 2014 (Portuguese): “Alguns comentadores questionaram a independência da Rádio Moçambique, devido ao facto de a maioria do seu financiamento ser proveniente do Governo. Embora emitisse debates sobre questões importantes, a Rádio Moçambique teve tendência a convidar participantes que fossem menos críticos do Governo. "
  7. ^ Inocêncio Albino: João de Sousa: Uma vida dedicada à radiodifusão. In: A Verdade. May 3, 2013, accessed on September 10, 2014 (Portuguese): “A Rádio Moçambique teve a iniciativa de fazer a cobertura. Tentou alargar a emissão para perceber o que se estava a passar, a fim de que as pessoas - pela via da estação pública - tivessem a informação. Não ficámos a saber de nada porque alguém deu uma ordem para que se interrompesse a transmissão. Tudo parou. Não be se este exemplo é suficiente para definir o que se está a acontecer neste momento na Rádio Moçambique. "
  8. ^ Machado da Graça: Rádio Frelimo . In: Savana . Maputo April 24, 2009 (Portuguese, quoted from Sérgio Chichava and Jonas Pohlmann: Uma breve análise da imprensa moçambicana , in: Desafios para Moçambique, 2010).
  9. ↑ Governo exonera PCAs da RM e TVM. In: A Verdade. December 17, 2013, accessed September 10, 2014 (Portuguese).